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NFFE Legislative Action Alert

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

(National Federation of Federal Employees)

Dear NFFE-IAM
Members:

H.R. 2810, the National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA) is
under
consideration on the floor of the U.S. Senate.
NFFE is opposing three
amendments: two from Senator Johnson (R-WI)
regarding official time, and one
from Senators McCain and Reed regarding a new
round of base closures (BRAC).
NFFE co-chairs two federal labor coalitions,
the United DoD Workers Coalition
(UDWC) and the Federal Workers Alliance (FWA).
Please see below for the
coalition letters sent to the
Senate.

H.R. 2997, the
21st Century Aviation Innovation, Reform, and
Reauthorization Act (a.k.a. "FAA
Reauthorization") contains a
provision to privatize the nation's Air Traffic
Control system, moving it from
the Federal Aviation Administration to a
proposed new non-profit organization
under the direct influence of the major
airlines. Not only will the airlines
have great influence over the system that is
intended to regulate airline safety
and air traffic, it will give away billions in
federal assets to the non-profit
and place the jobs of FAA employees at great
risk after they lose their federal
status.

In addition, the bill
preemptively strikes labor unions under the
new organization, making it nearly impossible
to have a union. The anti-labor
provisions allow the corporation to "rescind,
amend, or alter"
bargaining unit status, it would count a
non-voter as opposing the union
threatening majority votes, and eliminate,
combine or break apart bargaining
units without cause. Regardless of what some
pro-privatization people may say,
common sense dictates that if these anti-labor
provisions are in the bill
already, the unions will not exist or have
power under the new scheme.

This bill affects
everyone because the privatization and
anti-labor provisions are considered a "model"
for future
privatization and anti-union legislation across
the federal government.